Michael Bertenshaw - www.michaelbertenshaw.com
| MOST RECENT STAGE ROLES: | Oliver (AS YOU LIKE IT)(RSC) | 2023 |
| Mrs Trott (Dame)(JACK AND THE BEANSTALK)(Theatre Peckham) | 2019 | |
| Witch Maddy (Dame/Villain)(RAPUNZEL)(Theatre Royal Stratford East) | 2017 | |
| Naw Ze Uzz (Villain)(SINBAD)(Theatre Royal Stratford East) | 2016 | |
| Fielding (HOTEL CERISE)(Theatre Royal Stratford East) | 2016 | |
| Antonio (MERCHANT OF VENICE)(Studio3Arts Barking) | 2016 | |
| Prince John (Villain)(ROBIN HOOD)(Theatre Royal Stratford East) | 2015 | |
| Hitchcock (MCQUEEN)(Haymarket, West End) | 2015 | |
| Duke/Tubal (MERCHANT OF VENICE)(Shakespeare's Globe) | 2015 |
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| HOTEL CERISE - 2016 | SINBAD - 2016 | RAPUNZEL - 2017 |
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| MCQUEEN - 2015 | ROBIN HOOD - 2015 | MERCHANT OF VENICE (BARKING) - 2016 |
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| DICK WHITTINGTON -2013/14 | JACK & THE BEANSTALK - 2012/13 | MERCHANT OF VENICE - 2015 |
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| HENRY VIII - 2010 | ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL - 2011 | TAMING OF THE SHREW - 2012 |
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| RED RIDING HOOD - 2010/11 | ANNE BOLEYN - 2010 | TWO WOMEN - 2010 |
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| TAKING CARE OF BABY - 2007 | ALADDIN - 2009/10 | CINDERELLA - 2008/9 |
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| DANGEROUS - 2004 | THE SNOW QUEEN - 2006/7 | MEASURE FOR MEASURE - 2004 |
year |
character |
production |
writer |
company |
director |
| 2019 | Mrs Trott | Jack And The Beanstalk | Paul Sirett | Theatre Peckham | Suzann McLean |
| 2017 | Witch Maddy | Rapunzel | Trish Cook/Robert Hyman | Stratford Theatre Royal | Pooja Ghai |
| 2016 | Prince Nawze Uzz | Sinbad | Paul Sirett | Stratford Theatre Royal | Kerry Michael |
| 2016 | Fielding | Hotel Cerise | Bonnie Greer | Stratford TheatreRoyal | Femi
Elufowoju, jr |
| 2016 | Antonio | Merchant of Venice | Ashley J Francis/Shakespeare | Studio3Arts | Angela Michaels |
| 2015 | Prince John | Robin Hood | Trish Cook/Robert Hyman | Stratford Theatre Royal | Kerry Michael |
| 2015 | Mr Hitchcock | McQueen | James Phillips | Haymarket | John Caird |
| 2015 | Tubal/Duke of Venice | Merchant of Venice | Shakespeare | Shakespeare's Globe | Jonathan Munby |
| 2014 | Auntie Giselle | Beauty and The Beast | Paul Sirett | Stratford Theatre Royal | Dawn Reid |
| 2013 | King Rat | Dick Whittington | Trish Cook/Robert Hyman | Stratford Theatre Royal | Kerry Michael |
| 2012 | Mrs Trott | Jack And The Beanstalk | Paul Sirett | Stratford Theatre Royal | Dawn Reid |
| 2012 | Lord Robert Cecil | Anne Boleyn | Howard Brenton | English Touring Theatre | John Dove |
| 2011 | Woz | Cinderella | Trish Cook/Robert Hyman | Stratford Theatre Royal | Kerry Michael |
| 2011 | Dale Harding | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Dale Wasserman | Leicester Curve | Michael Buffong |
| 2011 | Lord Robert Cecil | Anne Boleyn | Howard Brenton | Shakespeare's Globe | John Dove |
| 2011 | Lafeu | All's Well That Ends Well | Shakespeare | Shakespeare's Globe | John Dove |
| 2010 | Lupinus Wolf | Red Riding Hood | Trish Cook/Robert Hyman | Stratford Theatre Royal | Omar Okai |
| 2010 | Lord Robert Cecil | Anne Boleyn | Howard Brenton | Shakespeare's Globe | John Dove |
| 2010 | Sir Thomas Lovell | Henry VIII | Shakespeare | Shakespeare's Globe | Mark Rosenblatt |
| 2010 | Joey | Martina Coles' TWO WOMEN |
adapted by Patrick Prior |
Stratford Theatre Royal | Ryan Romain |
| 2009 | Abenazar | Aladdin | Trish Cook/Robert Hyman | Stratford Theatre Royal | Kerry Michaels |
| 2008 | Woz (Wicked Stepmother) | Cinderella | Trish Cook/Robert Hyman | Stratford Theatre Royal | Kerry Michaels |
| 2007 | Jim/Brian | Taking Care of Baby | Dennis Kelly | Hampstead Theatre/B'ham Rep | Anthony Clarke |
| 2006 | Mor Inge (dame) | The Snow Queen | Hope Messiah | Stratford Theatre Royal | Dawn Reid |
| Frank | Absolutely Frank | Tim Firth | Stephen Joseph Theatre | Richard Derrington | |
| Howard Jensen | Inglorious Technicolour | Christopher William Hill | Stephen Joseph Theatre | Laurie Sansom | |
| 2005 | Andrew | The Coming of Beauty | Kofi Agyemang | Talawa (Unzipped @ Soho Theatre) | Josette Bushell Mingo |
| 2004 | Lord Sufian (co-villain) | Sleeping Beauty | Hope Messiah | Stratford Theatre Royal | Dawn Reid |
| Escalus | Measure for Measure | Shakespeare | Shakespeare's Globe | John Dove | |
| The Man | Dangerous When Cornered | Roger Davenport | Dangerous When Cornered | David Gilmore | |
| 2002 | Trickster (villain) | Jack and the Beanstalk | Hope Messiah | Stratford Theatre Royal | Kerry Michaels |
| Alex | Long Time No See | Grant Buchanan Marshall | Talawa | Michael Buffong | |
| 2002 | Prof Aronax | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Patrick Prior | Stratford Theatre Royal | Kerry Michaels |
| 2001 | Sung Din (dame) | Aladdin (pantomime) | David Cregan and Brian Protheroe | Stratford Theatre Royal | Kerry Michaels |
| 2000 | Silas Wormwood (villain) | Dick Whittington (pantomime) | Patrick Prior | Stratford Theatre Royal
(Greenwich) |
Kerry Michaels |
| 1998 | Obnoxia (dame) | Hansel and Gretel (pantomime) | Patrick Prior | Theatre Royal
Stratford East |
Karen Rabinovitz |
| 1997 | Mrs Buller (dame) | Beauty and the Beast (pantomime) | David Cregan and Brian Protheroe | Theatre Royal Stratford East | Philip Hedley |
| 1996 | Harry | The Verge (drama) | Susan Glaspell | The Orange Tree Richmond | Auriol Smith |
| 1994 | Nurse Hallowpenny (dame) | Sleeping Beauty (pantomime) | David Cregan and Brian Protheroe | Theatre Royal Stratford East | Philip Hedley |
| 1993 | Peter Quince + Egeus | Midsummer Nights Dream | Shakespeare | New Century | Steve Unwin |
| 1992 | Sir Lucius O'Trigger | The Rivals (restoration comedy) | Sheridan | West Yorks Playhouse + Birmingham Rep | John Adams |
| Oswald | The Last Carnival (drama) | Derek Walcott | Birmingham Rep | John Adams | |
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Abenazar (villain)
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Aladdin (pantomime)
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David Cregan and Brian Protheroe | Theatre Royal Stratford East | Philip Hedley | |
| 1991 | Austen Chamberlain | My Father's House (drama) | David Pownall | Birmingham Rep | John Adams |
| Lloyd Dallas | Noises Off (comedy) | Michael Frayn | Birmingham Rep | Gwenda Hughes | |
| 1990 | Lord Foppington | The Relapse (rest.n comedy) | John Vanbrugh | Birmingham Rep | John Adams |
| Harry | Wild Justice (drama) | Barrie Keefe | Stratford East | Philip Hedley | |
| Mr Armitage | Not Fade Away (drama) | Barrie Keefe | Stratford East | Philip Hedley | |
| Sgt McPherson | Revolting Peasants (comedy) | Patrick Prior | Stratford East | Jeff Teare |
(film/tv) (other) (general cv) HOME
Interesting theatre work prior to 1990
| 1988 | Man 3 | The Public | Lorca | Stratford East | David Ultz |
| Adolph Zukor | Fatty | Patrick Prior | Stratford East | Philip Hedley | |
| 1986 | The Guardsman | The Guardsman | Ferenc Molnar | Nuffield Southampton | Michael Meacham |
| 1985 | Turai | The Play's The Thing | Ferenc Molnar | Nuffield Southampton | Michael Meacham |
| 1984 | The Wolf | Red Riding Hood | Cregan/Protheroe | Stratford East | Philip Hedley |
| 1983 | Popkiss | Rookery Nook | Ben Travers | Leicester Haymarket | Michael Meacham |
| 1982 | The Historical Event | How I Got That Story | Amlin Gray | Leicester Haymarket | Warren Hooper |
| Mortimer Brewster | Aresnic and Old Lace | Kesselring | Leicester Haymarket | Warren Hooper | |
| Jeckyl and Hyde | Dr Jeckyl and Mr Hyde | Ed Thomason | Derby & Nottingham | Chris Honer | |
| 1981 | Mrs Swabb | Habeus Corpus | Alan Bennett | Derby | Chris Honer |
| Pantalone | Servant of Two Masters | Goldoni | Nuffield Southampton | Ted Craig | |
| 1980 | Prospero | The Tempest | Shakespeare | Nuffield | David Gilmore |
| Papa Leplee | Piaf | Pam Gems | Royal Shakespeare Company | Howard Davies | |
| 1979 | Salerio | Merchant of Venice | Shakespeare | RSC | John Barton |
| Parson Aston | Captain Swing | Peter Whelan | RSC | Bill Alexander | |
| Luddington Whist | Saratoga | Bronson Howard | RSC | Ronald Eyre | |
| 1978 | Len | Cousin Vladimir | David Mercer | RSC | Jane Howell |
| George | A & R | Pete Atkins | RSC | Walter Donohue | |
| The Lieutenant | Dance of Death | Strindberg | RSC | John Caird | |
| 1977 | Dennis | As You Like It | Shakespeare | RSC | Trevor Nunn |